Summary
The Revolutionary Goans Party (abbr. RGP) is a regional party in the Indian state of Goa. The party was first registered in January 2022.[2] The party contested 38 seats in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election, winning the St Andre constituency. The party's "anti-migrant" policies have been classified as similar to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).[6][7][8]
Revolutionary Goans Party | |
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| Abbreviation | RGP |
| Leader | Manoj Parab |
| President | Manoj Parab |
| General Secretary | Vishvesh Naik[1] |
| Founder | Manoj Parab |
| Founded | 1 January 2022[2] |
| Headquarters | 312, 3rd Floor, Gera Imperium Grand, Patto Panjim, Goa |
| Ideology | |
| ECI Status | State Party[5] |
| Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly | 1 / 40
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| Website | |
| rgpofficial | |
Person of Goan Origin Bill 2019 edit
The introduction of the bill became a major election plant for the Revolutionary Goans Party which defines a person of Goan origin as “A person of Goan Origin” of the state of Goa shall mean a person who is or whose either parent or grandparent was born in Goa prior to 20 December 1961 or who had a permanent habitation in Goa prior to 20 December 1961 and who were citizens of India post-liberation irrespective of nationality or passport they hold currently.[9]
To protect the rights of the person of Goan origin of State of Goa in respect of jobs, benefits of various government schemes, education, Comunidade land and Government, semi-Government plots/apartments/shops, promotions and to make certain other provisions connected therewith.
Where it is expedient to give better protection to the person of Goan origin in view of special Portuguese laws, provisions of code of Comunidade, effect of late independence of Goa on education opportunities for Goans, Peculiar social and economic changes affecting Goans and changing demography vis-a-vis small size of the state and its population.
— The Goa Person of Goan Origin Bill 2019 (introductory paragraphs)[10]
Electoral performance edit
| Election Year | Leader | seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Overall votes | % of overall votes | +/- in vote share | Sitting side |
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| Goa Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2022 | Manoj Parab | 38 | 1 / 40
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93,255 | 9.81% | 9.81
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Times, Navhind (3 March 2024). "Dhavalikar, RGP leader lock horns at Bandora; plaint lodged against Min – The Navhind Times".
- ^ a b "Finally, EC recognises RG as political party". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Goa's Revolutionary Goans organization objects to Karnataka's Kannada Bhavan proposal". Asianet.
- ^ "Will a regional party queer the pitch for BJP, Congress in Goa Lok Sabha polls?". India Today.
- ^ "RGP recognised as State political party". The Goan EveryDay.
- ^ "Assembly Election Results 2022: How Goa's RG Party Left RG's Party All at Sea in Coastal State". News18. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Sutar, Kamlesh Damodar. "How this party emulated Raj Thackeray-led MNS' 2009 poll debut to help BJP retain Goa". India Today. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab, Goa assemblies get a younger profile, higher women representation". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Foundation of RG's POGO bill had legal & constitutional flaws". oHeraldo.
- ^ "The Goa Person of Goan Origin Bill 2019 (POGO)" (PDF). Revolutionary Goans. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022.